Sheet metal pulley



Aug 22 1939 n H.,w. LARsoN 2,170,779

SHEET METAL PULLEY Filed Nov. 2, 1935 Patented' A lug. 22, 1939 amm PATENT OFFICE 2.110.119 amr man runny Barry W. Larson.

Allis-Chalmers Manni company wankce, Wis., a corporation oi' Delaware smwsneawlnmu Application November s, i935. serai No. euse o `o calma (ci. 'i4-.4am

This invention relates generally to sheaves and more particularly to pressed steel sheaves oi' the type having grooves formed ln the periphery thereof for cooperating with belts of V-shape .cross section in transmitting power.

In supplying users with power transmitting sheaves suitable for a large variety of'require menta-it is necessary to maintain large stocks of sheaves of variouslengths and diameters in order that the requirements of users may be lilled promptly. It has further been necessary heretofore not only to carry a complete stock of sheaves of diil'erent sizes, but also to carry in stock for each size oi sheave a considerable number ot sheaves having hub bores of diiierent diameters to provide for adapting the sheaves to the particular shaft to which the user wishes to apply it. in order that any desired combination of sheave size and hub bore may be quickly available.

zo Further. in sheet metal sheaves as heretofore constructed. diiiiculty has been experienced because of the lack of rigidity in the sheave structure. particularly in the end g'roove structure. the end disks having sometimes failed through lack. of proper support.

It is a general object of this invention to provide a power transmitting sheave for V-belts in which the sheave body and the hub are formed as separate interiltting units in such manner thatany desired combination of sheave size and hub bore diameter may be assembled readily and quickly from stocks of these separate units,

whereby the necessity of carrying stocks of Vsheaves -having all possiblel combinations of sheave sizes and hub bore diameters is obviated.

Another general object of the invention is to provide a pressed steel sheave of strong and rigid construction, yet oi light weight and of simple and inexpensive design.

o Another object of the invention is to provide a pressed steel sheave having a unitary self-sustaining body structure provided with a central keyed opening for receiving a hub of any desired s internal diameter.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pressed steel sheave iormedof plates joined to constitute a unitary structure and spaced at their inner edges by spacing rings retained in position between said Aiurther object of the invention is to provide a pressed steel sheave formed of plates arranged alternately` to constitute belt grooves and having v endbracingdisksateachendthereoidisposedto u rigidly support the end groove i'orming disk.

A further object of the invention is to Provide a pressed steel sheave having end bracing disks united at their peripheries with the end groove iorming disks and having reentrant central pory tiem providing end sockets tor receiving hub re- '5 taining ilanges. t

According to the present invention, pressed steel sheaves are constructed in two distinct and separabieparts. sheave'body .units and hub units. The sheave body units are assembled from u pressed steel plates Joined together previously by welding and having their inner 'portions spaced by tubular spacing rings. 4The central openings oftheciisksaremadeinstandardsisewith inwardly proiecting keys and the end disks are reinforced by reentrant end bracing disks oi' strong and rigid construction.

The stated objects o! this invention. as well as other objects, will be more fully appreciated upon reading the ioliowingdetailed description m ci typical embodiments of the invention that are shown by way of iilustrationin the accompanying drawing. the several views of which are as follows:

Fig. 1 is a view in medial longitudinal section n ci' a sheet metal pulley and its cooperating hub embodying the invention. part of the hub being broken away to show one of the driving lugs more closely:

Iiig.2isaviewlntransversesectionoithc.o pulley oi' Fig. l taken on the plane represented by the line II-II therein,A

In the specific embodiment illustrated. the sheave is formed intwo distinct separable units,

a sheave .body portion anda cooperating hubu portion. The complete' sheave comprises a sheave body unit i and a cooperating hub unit 2 for mounting the .sheave on a shaft 3. The sheave bodv portion i is formed of a plurality of groove detlning disks or plates! pressed from sheet metal with deflected rim portions forming o belt receiving faces l. The disks 4 are arranged alternately in pairs with the belt receiving deilectedrimsoieachpaircooperatingtoiorma. groove for receiving a beit olf V-shaped cross seca tion. Each of the disks l is provided with a central opening l and the openings of the several disks are arranged in alinement for receiving the hub 2. Extending inwardly xfrom the edge of the central opening of each disk is'a plurality ot drivm Y .ing lugs i which are disposed in alinement in manner to engage complementary grooves or key seats-l in the exteriorof the hub 2 in manner to constitute rigid drive connection between the hub Iandeachofthedisks. Thedisksofeachpair f forming a V-groove are joined together inwardly of the groove previous to assembly by spot welding. 'I'he several pairs of disks assembled to constitute the sheave body unit are joined at the peripheries of the adjacent disks of each pair also by spot welding, this being the only portion at which the disks of adjacent pairs contact each other. To form a rigid assembly of the united pairs of disks, the inner portions of the pairs are retained in position by spacing rings S of tubular shape disposed between the pairs and concentric with the central openings I of the disks. In order that the spacing rings I may be retained in position within the sheave unit when it is separated from the hub 2, the driving lugs 'I oi each pair of disks are bent outwardly from each other in manner to engage the inner surfaces of the spacing rings for retaining them in concentric relation with the hub opening. 'By retaining the rings in position in this manner, the sheave body portion may be handled as a unit presenting an internal hub receiving opening of standardized contour adapted to receive a hub of desired internal diameter and having a complementary standardised external contour. By reason of the standardized complementary internal and external surfaces of the sheave unit and hub. respectively, a sheave may be assembled from stocks o! sheave units and hub units to have any desired combination of external diameter and internal hub diameter from the stocks of sheave bodies and hubs. In the event that a hub of the internal diameter desired is not available in stock. it is merely necessary to select a hub of smaller internal diameter and rebore it to enlarge the diameter to iit the cooperating shalt.

Special end bracing disks Il are utilised for the reason that ii standard groove forming plates were applied Vin reversed position, it would be necessary to make the sheet and hub considerably longer as additional full width spacing rings would be necessary in each end of the sheave. To avoid unduly lengthening the sheave. the special end bracing disks Il are formed with reentrant central portions I2. As shown in Fig.

y1, the end bracing disks Il join the end groove forming disks at their peripheries and extend therefrom radially inward and axially outward to form a conical reinforcing ring and then turn axially inward and radially inward to form a second conical ring within the iirst conical ring extending axially inwardly beyond the periphery thereof and terminating in a radially disposed central portion 3l having a central opening corresponding to the central openings of the groove forming disks l. The central portion Il of the rain-forcing disk Il is spaced from the central portion of the adjacent groove forming disk by a narrow spacing ring Il, which is held in position by the bent over lugs I in the same manner {that the spacing rings l are held. The hub 2 is provided at one end with a collar I5 that enters within a socket formed in the end of the sheave body portion by the reentrant portions 32 of the end bracing disk Il and engages with its face the radial portion Il of the end bracing disk at a position opposite the spacing ring Il. At its other end the hub -2 is provided with screw threads 36 for receiving an internally threaded collar 31 of diameter to fit within the socket formed by the reentrant portion I2 of the other end bracing disk Il and adapted to abut against the radial portion It at a position OPPOSite the adJacent spacing ring I4 in such manner that when the collar Il is drawn up tight on the hub 2, a compressive force is exerted upon the alined spacing rings 34 and 9 and the interposed inner portions-of the groove forming and end bracing disks. Hub 2 is provided on its inner surraces with key seats 38 for receiving a key Il that enters into a corresponding key seat ll in the shaft 3 and is retained -therein by means of a set screw 4I threaded radially into the iiange end 35 of the hub 2. As the sheave i is ordinarily applied to the end of a shaft 3 which is shorter than the bore of the hub 2, the outer end of the hub bore is ordinarily counterbored to a somewhat larger diameter lI. Should it become desirable to substitute in a sheave a hub 2 having a different internal diameter, it is merely necessary to remove the clamping nut 31 from the threaded end of the hub 2 and withdraw the hub from the central opening of the sheave unit. As the individual groove forming end and backing disks are successively Joined together by welds at their contacting positions, they remain as a unitary structure after the hub has been removed. Further, the spacing 'rings I, being retained by the bent over lugs 1, remain in their proper positions between the pairs of disks and in concentric relation to the hub receiving opening.

The particular embodiment of the invention described herein by way of example is susceptible of various modifications in the details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as deiined in the subjoined claims.

It is claimed and desired to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A multiple v-groove sheave comprising a plurality of oppositely arranged pressed steel plates disposed to form belt grooves, said plates having circular central openings and spaced lugs extending inwardly from the inner edges of said central openings, and spacer rings disposed between some o! said plates at the inner edges .thereon said rings being held in place by said lugs, and means independent of a support for said sheave for seeming said plates together thereby forming a unitary grooved structure.

2. A sheave comprising a collection of sheet metal disks each having a flared peripheral belt receiving surface, said disks being arranged in pairs alternately positioned to constitute beit grooves and joined at their points of engagement, adjacent disks of adjacent groove-forming pairs of disks contacting only at their peripheral portions, end disks engaging the next adjacent disk at its periphery and extending axially outward and radially inward and then curved axially inward and radially inward forming a reentrant bend extending inwardly beyond the plane of the disk periphery, and a hub having at one end a shoulder and at the other end a binding nut. both d shoulder and said nut being shaped to be received within the reenerant portions of said end disks.

3. A sheave comprising a hub provided with longitudinal keyways and having a shoulder at one end, a plurality of groove forming disks each having a detlected rim portion constituting an inclined belt receiving surface and a central opening A.with inwardly projecting axially deilected lugs adapted to engage the keyways ot said hub. said disks being arranged alternately in pairs, the belt receiving surfaces of each pair cooperating to form a belt groove, means inde pendent of said hub securing said disks together forming a unitary multiple grooved structure,

spacing rings disposed between adjacent pairs of u disks at the .inner edges thereof and concentric with said rings being retained in position by 'said axially deected lugs, a reinforcing end disk at each end of said unitary multiple grooved structure, each of said reinforcing end disks en- 828mg and secured to an adiacent groove forming disk at the periphery thereof and extending axially outward therefrom then curving radially (inward and then reentering axially inward beyond the plane of its periphery to form a socket for receiving the shoulder of the hub, a narrow spacer ring disposed between the inner edge of said reenforcing disk and said adjacent groove forming disk and retained by said axially deiected lugs, and a ring nut threaded on the end of said hub opposite said shoulder and adapted to be received within the socket formed by one of said reinforcing end. disks for retaining said hub within said multiple groove structure.

4. A steel sheave comprising a plurality of pressed steel disks having circular central openings with inwardly extending lugs and deiected rim portions, said plates being disposed with their deflected rim portions cooperating to form belt grooves and with their central openings and their inwardly extending lugs in axial alinement, said disks being joined to form a unitary sheave lstructure having a central opening, spacer rings .disposed between the inner edges of some of said disks and retained in position by said lugs, a hub having longitudinal grooves disposed within the central opening of said sheave structure with said grooves engaging said alined lugs, and means for securing said hub within said opening.

5. A pressed steel sheave unit, comprising a plurality oi pressed steel disks each presenting a peripheral belt receiving surface and having a central hub receiving opening, said disks being arranged in pairs with the belt receiving surfaces o1 each pair cooperating to form a belt groove, the disks of each pair being welded together adjacent to the base oi the groove and adjacent pairs of disks being welded together at the abutting peripheries, spacing rings between adjacent pairs of disks, and inwardly projecting axially deiiected lugs on said disks retaining said spacing rings, forming a rigid self-sustaining sheave body unit presenting peripheral grooves for receiving a plurality of belts and presenting a central opening for receiving a cooperating hub.

6. A sheave comprising a hub provided with longitudinal keyways, a plurality of groove forming disks each having a deected rim portion constituting an inclined belt receiving surface and a central opening with inwardly projecting axially deiiected lugs adapted to engage the keyways of said hub. said disks being arranged a1 ternately in pairs, the belt receiving surfaces of each pair cooperating to form a belt groove. means independent of said hub securing said disks together forming a unitary multiple grooved structure, and spacing rings disposed between adjacent pairs oi' disks at the inner edges thereof and concentric therewith. said rings being retained in position by said axially deiiected lugs.

HARRY W. LARSON.

CERTIFICATE F CORRECTION.

Patent No 2, 170 779 HARRY W.

`August 22, 1959.

LARSON.

It ie hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction ee follows: Page 2, aecond column, line 61, claim 2, for 'reenerant" reed reentrent; page 5, tiret comm, 11n e, elsing', strike out with me insert inst-.eea ene mrd mi come therewith, and that the seid Ittere Patent should be readnith this correction therein that the eene may ccnfom tothe record of the case in che resent' office.

signed and sealed this 5rd day of October, A. D. 1959.

(Bnl) Henry `Veri aredale, Acting'i'iomieeicner ot Patente.

disks at the .inner edges thereof and concentric with said rings being retained in position by 'said axially deected lugs, a reinforcing end disk at each end of said unitary multiple grooved structure, each of said reinforcing end disks en- 828mg and secured to an adiacent groove forming disk at the periphery thereof and extending axially outward therefrom then curving radially (inward and then reentering axially inward beyond the plane of its periphery to form a socket for receiving the shoulder of the hub, a narrow spacer ring disposed between the inner edge of said reenforcing disk and said adjacent groove forming disk and retained by said axially deiected lugs, and a ring nut threaded on the end of said hub opposite said shoulder and adapted to be received within the socket formed by one of said reinforcing end. disks for retaining said hub within said multiple groove structure.

4. A steel sheave comprising a plurality of pressed steel disks having circular central openings with inwardly extending lugs and deiected rim portions, said plates being disposed with their deflected rim portions cooperating to form belt grooves and with their central openings and their inwardly extending lugs in axial alinement, said disks being joined to form a unitary sheave lstructure having a central opening, spacer rings .disposed between the inner edges of some of said disks and retained in position by said lugs, a hub having longitudinal grooves disposed within the central opening of said sheave structure with said grooves engaging said alined lugs, and means for securing said hub within said opening.

5. A pressed steel sheave unit, comprising a plurality oi pressed steel disks each presenting a peripheral belt receiving surface and having a central hub receiving opening, said disks being arranged in pairs with the belt receiving surfaces o1 each pair cooperating to form a belt groove, the disks of each pair being welded together adjacent to the base oi the groove and adjacent pairs of disks being welded together at the abutting peripheries, spacing rings between adjacent pairs of disks, and inwardly projecting axially deiiected lugs on said disks retaining said spacing rings, forming a rigid self-sustaining sheave body unit presenting peripheral grooves for receiving a plurality of belts and presenting a central opening for receiving a cooperating hub.

6. A sheave comprising a hub provided with longitudinal keyways, a plurality of groove forming disks each having a deected rim portion constituting an inclined belt receiving surface and a central opening with inwardly projecting axially deiiected lugs adapted to engage the keyways of said hub. said disks being arranged a1 ternately in pairs, the belt receiving surfaces of each pair cooperating to form a belt groove. means independent of said hub securing said disks together forming a unitary multiple grooved structure, and spacing rings disposed between adjacent pairs oi' disks at the inner edges thereof and concentric therewith. said rings being retained in position by said axially deiiected lugs.

HARRY W. LARSON.

CERTIFICATE F CORRECTION.

Patent No 2, 170 779 HARRY W.

`August 22, 1959.

LARSON.

It ie hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction ee follows: Page 2, aecond column, line 61, claim 2, for 'reenerant" reed reentrent; page 5, tiret comm, 11n e, elsing', strike out with me insert inst-.eea ene mrd mi come therewith, and that the seid Ittere Patent should be readnith this correction therein that the eene may ccnfom tothe record of the case in che resent' office.

signed and sealed this 5rd day of October, A. D. 1959.

(Bnl) Henry `Veri aredale, Acting'i'iomieeicner ot Patente. 

